We are a full-service emergency pet hospital. We focus exclusively on emergency treatment and advanced specialty veterinary care. (For annual vaccines and wellness care, please see your primary care veterinarian.)
In an emergency, call ahead to your BluePearl vet hospital in Rockville and let us know you’re coming. No appointment is necessary for our emergency vet.
Each BluePearl pet hospital is unique. Our Rockville hospital offers these specialties and services provided by skilled, compassionate and dedicated professionals.
Emergency Medicine
If you believe your pet is sick, hurt or in distress, we’re here to provide expert care. Our trained emergency clinicians are prepared to diagnose and treat urgent cases, including severely injured or critically ill pets. Common emergency cases we see include:
Animal attacks
Bleeding
Collapse episodes
Difficulty breathing
Difficulty urinating
Hit-by-car accidents
Ingestion of medications, poisons or objects
Seizure
Severe diarrhea
Unresponsiveness
Vomiting
Through every step of your pet’s emergency care experience, we keep you and your pet’s primary veterinarian informed and involved.
Diagnostic Imaging
Our radiology service performs many non-invasive and minimally invasive diagnostic procedures. These services allow the specialty clinicians unique, non-invasive opportunities for evaluating various diseases.
In-Home Hospice Services
The goal of pet hospice is to help senior or terminally ill pets live the fullest life possible for the time that remains. If your pet has been diagnosed with a painful or life-limiting condition, they may be referred to a hospice veterinarian for:
Veterinary internists are trained to take care of patients who can’t tell them what’s wrong. By using the pet’s history, clinical signs, lab results, imaging studies and other testing, our internal medicine specialists can diagnose severe, chronic illnesses or symptoms that appear suddenly.
Oncology
Our compassionate oncology team offers a variety of treatment options for pets with cancer. From initial diagnosis to ongoing care, we are focused on promoting your pet’s quality of life.
We take an integrative approach to treating cancer that includes:
Taking time to listen to and answer all questions and concerns about cancer treatment
Creating a treatment plan tailored to each patient and client’s individual needs
Working within client’s schedules for therapy delivery
Maintaining regular updates with referring family veterinarians
By helping every pet owner understand their pet’s disease and by providing appropriate educational tools, we all work together to improve and extend each pet’s quality of life.
Surgery
When your pet needs surgery, our veterinary surgery team is ready to provide the best possible care. Our hospital is equipped with advanced tools, technology and monitoring capabilities to provide sophisticated medical care and compassionate service during your pet’s time of need.
Surgery may be the best option for pets with:
Cancer
Chronic diseases like ear or respiratory tract infections
Congenital conditions like dysplasia or heart defects
Hernias
Trauma or injuries, including fractures, ligament and tendon injuries
Compassionate Treatment
Our team respects the close bond between pets and their owners and treats each with dignity, compassion and kindness.